‘Genie Lamp’ ANA Morgan’s — found a batch of beauties in the wild ! — newps
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I stopped by the Seattle convention center coin shop (Washington Numismatic Gallery, Inc.) — which has now been there for 32 years! — and I got to chat with owner John. He’s 77 and still going strong. Sharp as a tack, extremely knowledgeable, and been-there-done-that in all things coin related.
He recently purchased a large collection from a long time collector — including a sweet group of ANA Morgan’s. They were lined up in a perfectly fitted, nice old school box. Including multiple rare dates that you never see in these slabs. Every one of the coins was eye-appealing with nice toning (acquired mostly from the slabs it appeared), and every slab was in pristine shape.
I was psyched that I got to go through the box. We made a deal on these 3 beauties. Given my rudimentary iPhone quick-snap skills, I couldn’t avoid the light source glare, but you get the idea. They’re super pretty ‘sisters’ and look very happy sitting next to each other. 😆
Thanks for taking a look!
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They all appear a point undergraded.
Nice batch!
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Thanks! I agree about the ‘79 and ‘79-S ….. but the ‘04-O does have a significant reed mark on the right cheek (seen best in the group photo) that would likely keep it at a 64 … but it’s also pretty hammered for an O-mint and the prettiest of the trio. A real sparkler.
Those are very nice looking coins.
Based on your thread title, I was expecting to see coins you’d bought at an ANA show, not necessarily coins graded by ANACS.
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Toning's gotta caused by the label given its predominance in the label end of the slab. Beautiful Morgans.
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Really nice buy; they look great - CONGRATS!
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Stunning coins. That is quite a score.
I guess it depends on how much one follows the old slabs because my first thought was old small ANA holders.
And this is a very nice trio-both the coin and the slab are good!
Yep that’s my thinking, too.
Nice score
The blue labels are known for being conservatively graded.
Nice to see some fresh Morgans.
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Good stuff
What rare dates and how was pricing on the better material? I might call him.
Coincidentally I need a 1904-O PL 😆 nice score
Better go back and buy more.